BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who was acquitted last month of attempted murder but found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for stabbing his brother was sentenced Thursday.
Andy Burgos-Garcia, 27, received a seven-year prison term, prosecutors said. He’d faced a life sentence if convicted of attempted murder.
His brother survived.
On March 11, 2024, police were dispatched to a report of a stabbing at a home in the 100 block of Morrison Street, west of north Stine Road and north of Brundage Lane.
Officers found Hector Garcia out front, bleeding from puncture wounds to his head and neck, as well as other areas of his body, according to the Public Defender’s Office.
He identified his brother, Burgos-Garcia, as responsible.
A black 5 inch kitchen knife with blood on it was found in Burgos-Garcia’s bedroom and he was taken into custody.
At trial, Deputy Public Defender Jennifer Melgar said Burgos-Garcia awoke that morning to screaming and saw his brother — who stands 6 feet, 3 inches and weighs 260 pounds — “violently attacking their sister and her friend.”
She argued Burgos-Garcia stepped in to stop the attack.
The jury found him not guilty of attempted murder and attempted voluntary manslaughter, but convicted him on the assault charge.
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